during the late 80’s and early 90’s cynthia emerged as the reigning queens of freestyle/latin hip hop music with hits garnering billboard chart action. born and raised in spanish harlem, she sought inspiration from dance music legends donna summer and france joli. with guidance of a good friend in the music industry "sa-fire", cynthia auditioned for several producers and enventually signed a recording contract with micmac records in 1988. the success of her first single "change on me" lead to a full length album that included "endless nights" and "thief of hearts". in a short time cynthia had established herself as one of freestyle's biggest and brightest stars. cynthia kept the momentum going with her sophmore album cynthia II. the album included the smash freestyle classic "dreamboy/dreamgirl". in 1992 cynthia released one of the most slammin' freestyle tracks of all time, "love me tonight". in 1994 cynthia signed to tommy boy records and released the dance hit "how i love him" featuring k7. in 1998, cynthia released "if i had the chance", a tony moran composition which took new york radio. her third album thinking about you on robbins entertainment soon followed. cynthia continues to record great music including her 2006 duet with lisette melendez "can't change your mind".
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01. change on me
02. endless nights
03. theif of hearts
04. dreamboy/dreamgirl (duet with johnny o.) [12" mix]
05. what will it take [extended club mix]
06. never thought i'd let you go [ extended club mix]
07. love me tonight
08. everytime i look at you [new school edit]
09. how i love him (featuring k7)
10. like a star (cibola mix)
11. if i had the chance (timber! mix)
12. thinking about you (slammin' sam edit)
13. i never said
14. can you stand the rain (duet with sa-fire) [johnny budz mix]
15. i can't change your mind (duet with lisette melendez) [mendez mix]
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.:cynthia's greatest hits:.
endless nights 1989 performance:
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